Sheet-collating means



- June 17,1930. F. c. GIBSON" SHEET COLLATING MEANS Filed Apr-i1 12'.'

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psHnEr-COLLTING MEANS d This inventionrelatesto form collating y means and has for its object to facilitate the 'r pidcollation ot forms on the' platen. ofa recording or other machine;v y f 15 Inthe. accompanying drawings:

i Figurefl `"s a transverse section vof a por?Y tionof the platen andplaten frame of the i .f v Wellknovvn Elliott-Fisher billing' vand bookkeeping machine equipped in accordance 15 yFigure 4 is ay plan vi'ewrotk'afragment of r av-iorni l.or Work sheet. 4

y Theydepressible flat platen l is mounted ina platen frameQ,` the siderails o.Wliich` -me`nt olf .the "invention"fhocwever5'- contenu#k Y, plates the mounting intherfplatenjibelow the 19,* l` l v constitute tracks or guides yfor travelling 20!printing 'vmechanism and also alignment.y c' n guides for the forms/or v,vvork sheets 4." lThe Work sheets are imposed on the platen Whenthe v vlatter is in depressed position andareclamped by the raising ofthe platen'-"against one or l morework yclamps V5 extended along one or j Y Y bothgof the rails 3. The clamp is usually l V provided Witha line scale @which guides the operatorin locating the Jform on the platen Y y since itfwillbe evident that as the travelling.y v1-30. recording mechanismv has predetermined lineY positions for the lines of the record, the form j v y must beaccuratelylocated'inforderto propf erly--locate the'record With` reference to lines (ir-other matter which. may be printed on *e5l thesheet., This locationot the Jform in ace curateposition relativeto the 'platen and to Vany 'other 'forms or sheets which maybein use at the samet1me,` requires considerable,

'- skillon 4the part of the operator and ycon- 'p fof'sumes an appreciable amount of time. YThe v `time lost in this sheet lcollatingoperation is multiplied many times in. the course of a Along'ffrun ofbilling; Y v j V .l ,1 y 'Ihepu'rpose of if '45 to provide means whereby the form may be j `quickly located in `any selected` lineposition f and retained during the raising of the platen i to (firmly: clamp theV form against the yclamp fj 5; 7To this end the platen 1 carries aform y5,0#holden-or retaining device linthe ormot` the rpresent invention is 'as indicated in Figure .22,1ThenierefniountfA f the ball yprojects.l l

1 formis against the ,alignnien guide 3,' ma

@fthe Series, :Offb'rnrieea41`-h .llesrfaf-i 4the form arelfspaceld' apartfin correspond a tions Qf the:maehiregigit f'o'nqw sarlat ,ph

lform,may2b@- nicknamed byI plaines s then lsliifting `it .to thefproperfline location Y theY yform is opposed Yby;- ,the,ba1l which exf Y 'tends into anx-opening 'in the-form K. .Q

1926.1 Serial No; 10175597'.4 'i if a pressorplate7i-overlyingk ,c

platen and drawn down the platenby a s'pringBfinterposed between the under side* of the platen *andthe angular -shalll V9 the clamp or" pressorplate."V Th'exshankf) is j preferablyprovided With-afsleeve-l()-slid able upon a screw 711,1 screwed intoffande'X- k tended below theplaten as'shoWninjFigu-re l. Preferably" thisjdepressing:andfguiding'v ,n v means forithepressor platefjfis `duplicatedsi12` Y ing-,f onf the depressible"platenlofthis Work A clamping member 7 constitutes an fernbody ci ment of `my ,inventionin foneaspect isin'ee" this device Without lfurther f develoI JIIleIlr-tA 1 i would serve to hold a forni 'inits `r*accurately .Y located `position While-'the `platenjris*movingfgf i toward the` yclamp 5i" t Tliey further: develop;

-in aQsQcket lin theplatenjland"yieldingly f v supported by 'a-liglitspringle 'xTo permit j 'Y thepball-l2ftoy occupy'ffa.position"slightly 1 projectedr abovefthe Jsurtaceffot {theplatenf Y when the pressor pltelis in its completely i depressed position, or 'Whenit is-dravvn 'dovvnf' i Y *c `upon .a form, said plateis provided-With a Y opening 15 intovvhich the lupp'er'portionof7(l .The former. Worksheet ft 1sV I enc'evvitli the; spa got the :lines {of} 4the e reordr` J'Asthe bal oriform-floicatorkhasan. accuratelocation `Wit referencefto] the lpos ,upon the platenfmovingitunder l`the, presso 9 plate .7` and [against thesalignlnent` guide 'an in which resistance to further-movement@ ously the form may be very quickly located because While it may be readily.y shifted along the alignment guide due to the fact that the ball Will'both rotate and yieldL bodily, the risingoffthe ball into each of the openings la presents repeated `resistance toY the movement of the form and apprises the operator when each line position of the orm is reached. Furthermore, it is not necessaryv for the operator toV arrest vthe form in absolutely accurate linelocation because if Vthe movement of the. form is discontinued with the form in approximate, but not 'accurate,` location, it will be cammed intovposition by" the action of the ball seeking to seat itself in they approximately located opening. Y Ob,- viously this form locating means may :be .lo-

V catedat :either or bothsides el. theV platen,

the latter variation being contemplated since it. often happens that a plurality fort superposed forms or sheets Aare utilized thesame l time and itl would obviously fbe desirable to ball;

Y opposite faces of an intermediate Work ysheetV locate different sheets by mean-sof .locatore mounted .fat ditf'erent 'sides soif the platen. What I claim is: f '.1. The combination with a ldat platen for supporting .a Vform for liney .spacing move-V ment thereover, tof a form provided with openings, yand a spring pressed locating ball disposed the face 'of the platen to seat in the openings in the form,V

2. The combination with a platen, oY a Y spring pressed form locating ball mounted therein, and a .pressor plate coactin'g with the ball to locate and hold the form.

said face--wiith one of saifdiopenings whereby the form 'is Vautomatically cammed into location.4 Y

8. The combinationwith a platen adapted to supportl'or movement thereover a form having marginal openings, of ormlocating `means yiricluding a convex cam member on the platen disposed to project linto andbeyond a selected openin-gin the form ytocam the latter into location, and a yielding presser member having an aperture disposed to receive the portion 'of thev cam projecting beyond Asaid form whereby said presser mein-ber yieldingly engages the orm around saifdopening. Y Y Y f In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature.'

FRANKLIN C. GIBSON.

l3.The .combina-tion with fa depress'ble i platen, 'of a pressor plate overlying one edge of the platen and movable therefrom, and a rform locating ball mounted in the nplaten below thepressor plate to `engage a-.lormj interposed`between the presser plate land i. The Combination 'with a einen, 'er ieoatmg means carried thereby including la pair'of oppositely yielding maleand female Y members,V respectively, designed to Vengage or form and cooperating'to 'cam thesheet or 'form relative'to the platen.

The ,'Ycombination LwithY l means .including oppositely yielding coacting members, onel ofwhich is .in the form `which is apertured to receivethe ball.;Vv

6. The :combination ywith V:a pieten, of a work sheetcr orm'having an aligned. series v y aplsaten, of Vform locating means" carried thereby, `said vlao Y Vof openings, and a' pair ofoooperating loe' cat-ing members arranged to receivean interposed margin Vofthe form, one of said lmembers having .the .lormj of a yielding freely rotatable 4ball disposed to project into VYand beyondanopening 'to` cam the form-'into location, and the' other member having ai i socket receiyingthe-projectingportion ci'V Y 

